Fresh
A voluptuously shot horror movie.
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
Carrie
If you've got a taste for terror… take Carrie to the prom.
1976 · 1h 38m · R
Horror, Thriller
Directed by
Brian De Palma
Overview
Withdrawn and sensitive teenager Carrie White faces bullying from classmates and abuse from her fanatically pious mother. When she begins to suspect that she has supernatural powers, things take a dark and violent turn.
Director and cast
- Brian De Palma Director
- Sissy Spacek as Carrie White
- Piper Laurie as Margaret White
- Amy Irving as Sue Snell
- William Katt as Tommy Ross
- Betty Buckley as Miss Collins
- Nancy Allen as Christine Hargenson
- John Travolta as Billy Nolan
- P. J. Soles as Norma Watson
- Priscilla Pointer as Mrs. Eleanor Snell
- Sydney Lassick Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
93%
Tomatometer
Fresh
More superpowers from Brian De Palma, this time in high school, in a screen version of a Stephen King novel that's become a horror classic.
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
Fresh
An exercise in high style that even the most unredeemably rational among moviegoers should find enormously enjoyable.
Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine
Fresh
Carrie is a modest but effective shock-suspense drama about a pubescent girl, her evangelical mother and cruel schoolmates.
Variety Staff, Variety
Rotten
This 1976 thriller, about a high school outcast (Sissy Spacek) who uses her telekinetic powers to massacre the graduating class, contains a number of interesting ideas. But as with most of his films, De Palma can't keep track of them.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
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